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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to the original purpose of this thread....

This is going to have significant impact on MCPS. I predict:

- Expect more school closures. Taylor already said this but we can't sustain the number of schools with the conditions they are in
- Expect class sizes to go up again. As buildings are closed and boundaries are reshaped, class sizes will go up.
- Teachers shouldn't expect raises for a while. They got them in the last budget cycle and they probably won't get another raise for 3 years at least.
- Programs will be cut. Not sure which ones, but with federal and state funding disappearing, some services in MCPS also have to go away.[/quote]

Yes. Related to various things going on, I think fiscal pressures and enrollment decline make it likely that:
- Crown will be a holding school
- A few of the ESs on the CIP will not be funded for renovation/replacement[/quote]

I think the Crown outcome is really up in the air. The City of Gaithersburg is throwing its weight around, and they donated the land specifically for a new school. I think if it is a holding school, it has to be one for a finite time in the same way that Woodward is serving for Northwood.

I also think it could be that Wootton becomes the new Crown, but then many legacy neighborhoods will no longer have access to Wootton, which will cause quite a bit of uproar.

Really, it comes to down to who MCPS is more comfortable with pissing off: Rockville or Gaithersburg. I think MCPS would choose Rockville over Gaithersburg, but it's going to be a nasty fight with some serious wounds along the way.[/quote]

What does Rockville have to do with this?  [b]Wootton isn't in Rockville[/b].  Though, it would have been nice had they taken some of the Rootten kids and balance the RM kids over to Rockville, so we don't have a double standard school system in Rockville. [/quote]

It is in Rockville.

If you mean it's not in the City of Rockville, I didn't say it was.[/quote]

Actually, I just checked and Wootton actually is within the city limits of the City of Rockville, so what are you talking about?

https://rockvillemd.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0aa9fe18b6c64b46a61230da64a2b2fd[/quote]

It doesn't serve Rockville.  So, who cares, get it out.[/quote]

It serves part of Rockville. What is your problem?[/quote]

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